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Old Posted Jan 22, 2009, 12:11 AM
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So last night I was killing some time while waiting to pick up my wife so I took a closer look at the Greyhound/GSL site. While I agree that it would be a really cool site for a rink and maybe even a stadium I just don't think there is enough room. There needs to be surface parking and/or some sort of parking structure. I think that once you build the arena there just won't be room.

Now I understand that less parking means that more people can take the train but there are two big issues with this. The LRT just isn't comprehensive as a means for everyone in all conrners of the city to get to the game and there are a large chunk of people who drive from out of town and such to the games. With parking also comes revenue and limiting parking limits revenue.

Additionally, as far as pedestrian access goes it is a poor site. Overall, it's disconnect from downtown means that there aren't the restaurants, bars, pubs and clubs to support the arena and the fans.
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